C# Text to Speech

Pavlex4

I have created app that converts text to speech but whatever gender I select it speaks same voice!!!

SpeechSynthesizer ss;
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
ss = new SpeechSynthesizer();
}

    private void button1\_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //Read (button\_click)
        ss.Rate = SpeedTrackBar.Value; //sets speed
        ss.Volume = VolumeTrackBar.Value; //sets volume
        try
        {
            switch (comboBox1.SelectedIndex)
            {
                case 0:
                    ss.SelectVoiceByHints(VoiceGender.NotSet);
                    break;
                case 1:
                    ss.SelectVoiceByHints(VoiceGender.Male);
                    break;
                case 2:
                    ss.SelectVoiceByHints(VoiceGender.Female);
                    break;
                case 3:
                    ss.SelectVoiceByHints(VoiceGender.Neutral);
                    break;
                default:
                    break;
            }
            ss.SpeakAsync(textBox1.Text);
        }
        catch(Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Message", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
        }
    }

    private void button2\_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //Pause (button\_click)
        ss.Pause();
    }

    private void button3\_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //Continue (button\_click)
        ss.Resume();
    }

    private void button4\_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //Record (button\_click)
        SpeechSynthesizer ss = new SpeechSynthesizer();
        ss.Rate = SpeedTrackBar.Value;
        ss.Volume = VolumeTrackBar.Value;
        SaveFileDialog sfd = new SaveFileDialog();
        sfd.Filter = "Wave Files| \*.wav";
        sfd.ShowDialog();
        ss.SetOutputToWaveFile(sfd.FileName);
        ss.Speak(textBox1.Text);
        ss.SetOutputToDefaultAudioDevice();
        MessageBox.Show("Recording Completed..", "T2S");
    }

Michael_Davies

You have a global variable speachsynthesizer (ss) that you configure on button1 then on the actual record button4 you create a new LOCAL variable speachsynthesizer of the same name (ss) that you do not configure but use that to speak the text.

Pavlex4

The Record button is used to save text inside textBox! I have replaced varibles from button1 and button4 with SpeechSynthesizer ss = new SpeechSynthesizer(); as global varible but still not working!!!!

Pavlex4

????

Pete OHanlon

If you now have two lines like this in your code, that's not correct. You only need to declare it once, in the Form_Load. So, you have a member variable called ss (that's a poor choice for a name - why not just call it speechSynthesizer), and in your Form_Load you have ss = new SpeechSynthesizer. That's it - that's the only place you should see the new Synthesizer() call.

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Bernhard Hiller

Exactly. That's a bug in the language specification of C# which can cause bugs in the software which are very hard to find. Fortunately, ReSharper can issue a warning. And a well designed style guide should suggest different styles for fields vs. local variables.